Despite complaints from residents of Novato's Los Robles Mobile Home Park, a two-track rail alignment will remain near their homes as construction of a Marin-to-Sonoma commuter rail line continues.

Novato Councilman Eric Lucan, a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit board member, met with residents this week over issues related to the rail project which passes close to Los Robles.

Lucan told residents that SMART would be unable to move a double-track rail — needed so trains can pass — that would cross Roblar Drive, the sole means of entry and exit to the park for the 275 people living there.

"It's just not feasible to make a move at this stage," Lucan said, adding that he told residents at the Wednesday meeting that two trains would never be outside the mobile home park at the same time. The second track only begins near the mobile home park, but the actually passing of two trains will occur farther away.

"It will occur much farther north near Bel Marin Keys," he said.

Residents hoped the set of two tracks would be eliminated from the area near their homes.

"But the answer was that it was a done deal," said Los Robles resident Eileen Plunkett. "There are a lot of unhappy people."

At the meeting Lucan also addressed a second issue involving the felling of trees along the perimeter of the mobile home park, which has compromised privacy for some residents.

Contractors Stacy Witbeck/Herzog cut down the large Monterey pine trees Jan. 31 to improve access as construction continues. But residents of the park, near the Hamilton Marketplace shopping center, weren't notified in advance.

Lucan reported the contractor is offering $10,000 of its own money to the mobile home park to plant trees and shrubs along the park's border. In addition, it will look at modifying a fence around Los Robles.

How the work is done is being discussed by SMART, the contractor, residents and the Los Robles property managers, Lucan said. The first phase of the $360 million commuter rail line is set to open in late 2015 or early 2016.